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I have a strange thing going on and wonder if some of you can help me out. Honeywell programmable thermostat.
With the thermostat on "auto", both the fan and condenser will shut off before set temperature is reached (today's case within three degrees of set). I can turn the fan back on immediately by switching to "on", but the compressor waits a couple of minutes before turning back on.
Could this be a sign of a bad thermostat? Motor thermal overload?

I had a similar issue with my Honeywell (CT3300). When I called Honeywell about this, they said that when there is a substantial change in setting (i.e., from a setback point, like when you're gone all day and have it set several degrees different from where you keep it while you're home), it is normal for the stat to shut off a degree or two prior to reaching its set point so that it does not overshoot the set point. It will then come back on around 5 minutes later. Once it reaches the set temperature, this should settle down. That's what they told me, for what it's worth. I guess that's just how they programmed their anticipation.

Some programmable T-stats have whats called adaptive recovery which cycles the system until it reaches set point. Saves energy $$. This can be dis-abled. Check the manual or Honeywell.com
Some newer stats have max run times which are adjustable through the stat programming.
Hopes this helps.